James S. Baker

Art

James S. Baker has been in the animation industry since 1982, as an animator, character-designer and storyboard artist. Originally from Australia, he has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1991. In his spare time he self-publishes comics, and threatens to one day make a children’s book.

Filmography

Miscellaneous Crew

7 titles

79MovieNerd Score

Toy Story 5

Movie2026

When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.

Elio

Movie2025

Elio, an underdog with an active imagination, finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, and completely unprepared for that kind of pressure, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, survive a series of formidable trials and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.

Mary Poppins Returns

Movie2018

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

Inside Out

Movie2015

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Riley's guiding emotions— Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness—live in Headquarters, the control centre inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life and tries to keep things positive, but the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

The Good Dinosaur

Movie2015

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

Ratatouille

Movie2007

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.

Cars

Movie2006

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.